Prerequisites to Beginning Treatment

Second, medications can be used to manage symptoms of the personality disorder itself. Among the list of personality disorders, troubling symptoms include impulsiv-ity, paranoia, anxiety, and affective instability. These are all symptoms that can to 

DSM-IV divides the personality disorders into three clnsters, and within each of the three clusters, the respective disorders have a number of overlapping characteristics. To some extent, the medications that are snitable for one personality disorder are likely to be helpfnl treatments for the other disorders within the same clnster. This is an important consideration, becanse several of the personality disorders have been overlooked altogether in the treatment literatnre that has accumulated to date. For this reason, we will discnss treatment recommendations not for each individnal personality disorder bnt for each of the three clnsters. 

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